diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 7e6d6a04e318..4edd3e02f167 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ if [ "${DEBUG:-0}" -gt 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 DEPSDIR="$PWD/pypkgs"
-pyver=python$(python3 -c "import sys; print(\"%s.%s\" % sys.version_info[:2])")
+pyver=python$(python3.12 -c "import sys; print(\"%s.%s\" % sys.version_info[:2])")
 export PYTHONPATH=$DEPSDIR/lib/$pyver/site-packages:$DEPSDIR/lib64/$pyver/site-packages:$PWD/custom_plugin:$PWD/computational_macros:$PYTHONPATH
 export PATH=$DEPSDIR/bin:$PATH
 
 
 if [ "${INSTALLDEPS:-0}" -gt 0 ]; then
-    python3 -m pip install --use-pep517 --ignore-installed --prefix "$DEPSDIR" -r requirements.txt
-    python3 -m pip install --use-pep517 --prefix "$DEPSDIR" "$PWD"/custom_plugin
-    python3 -m pip install --use-pep517 --prefix "$DEPSDIR" "$PWD"/computational_macros
+    python3.12 -m pip install --use-pep517 --ignore-installed --prefix "$DEPSDIR" -r requirements.txt
+    python3.12 -m pip install --use-pep517 --prefix "$DEPSDIR" "$PWD"/custom_plugin
+    python3.12 -m pip install --use-pep517 --prefix "$DEPSDIR" "$PWD"/computational_macros
     # not needed for actual page
-    python3 -m pip install --use-pep517 --ignore-installed --prefix "$DEPSDIR" linkchecker
+    python3.12 -m pip install --use-pep517 --ignore-installed --prefix "$DEPSDIR" linkchecker
 fi
 
-python3 build.py "$@"
+python3.12 build.py "$@"
 
 if [ "${WEBSERVER:-0}" -gt 0 ]; then
     webbase=build
diff --git a/scripts/link_checker/whitelist.txt b/scripts/link_checker/whitelist.txt
index 0ad9a8b58fe7..ee77ea3469c2 100644
--- a/scripts/link_checker/whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/link_checker/whitelist.txt
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ https://www.tldp.org/guides.html
 
 # 403
 https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-linux-linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-0
+
+# gone?
+http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/